Tag Archives: Personhood

The Abolition of the Person

Godwin’s Law infamously predicts that as any Internet discussion continues, the probability that Hitler will be mentioned approaches 100%. I’ve wondered about this. Both Stalin and Mao murdered many more people than he did, so why does Hitler hold this uniquely dishonorably honor? It might be because the German horror strikes closer to home for …

October 6, 2011 – 10:11 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Non-Persons Yesterday and Today

The other day I asked, Can you identify the context of this passage? To have a persona [to be a person] was to have a face before the law—which is to say, to be recognized as one possessing rights and privileges before a court, or as being able to give testimony upon the strength of …

September 14, 2011 – 11:10 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , | Comments (28)